He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...

The Spanish documentary, written and directed by Pavel Giroud, tells the story of the 1971 public confession of Cuban poet ...

Prajakta Koli, actress and author, reflects on the significant role books have played throughout her life, from childhood ...

Essays by a writer of literary lives meditate on the obsessions and obstacles endemic to her trade.

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The solemn and sacred evening of Holy Friday offers me the opportunity to reflect upon the book Night by the Nobel laureate ...

Vargas Llosa agreed that when Spanish inquisitors set about suppressing the novel in their new colonies, they were targeting ...

Throughout, Ms. Marshall stages scenes simmering with subtle erotic energy—the moment, for example ... s poetry class at Harvard. “After Lives” continues this blend of autobiography and ...

The New Year 2082 is upon us. I think we should approach it with hope and optimism, as if it were a newborn. You always want ...

Randle Chowning, founder of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, writes about songs that tell a story and shares one based on a childhood Ozarks storm.

For scholars and lovers of poetry, this work is a brilliant example of how the poet leverages ... rich and poor—imbues this piece with autobiographical resonance that transcends the personal.